Comments on: F1 07 review: Hamilton vs Alonso

By: Younger Hamilton

Younger Hamilton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:18:10 +0000

sorry about using offensive language it was the only way 2 show my Emotions

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:26:20 +0000

Im still trying to find a valid reason why some people think Hamilton was quicker or better than Alonso in 2007. Did they not finish up on equal points ??

As for a comparison between the 2 since 2007. I think the results are obvious.

By: Betty

Betty — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:28:33 +0000

I totally agree with Amy. Hamilton should have learned from Alonso and who knows? Maybe Alonso could have won the drivers championship for the third time.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:28:55 +0000

As a Fernando Alonso fan (and looking back on last year from a few months on) I have to say that I did not like the way hamilton acted at all. I did support him and like him a the start of the season, but after monaco I started going off him – it was totally uncalled for to imply he was #2. By Hungary the transition was completed and I was a fully fledged hamilton hater and loved Alonso more because of it. Looking at the things he said last year it was almost as if he wanted Fernando out the team so it could be all about him, he should have taken is role as a rookie and used the year to learn all he could from Fernando.

Their relationship degraded in my opinion because hamilton started whining to the british press about alonso which resulted in a retaliation from the spaniard. The situation really then seemed to spiral out of control from then but the one question I have got to ask is; Where was RonDennis? He should have banged both their heads together and say get on with your jobs and stop whinging or you will both be out of a seat next season. As team principal he should have sorted the situation out in the beginning instead of letting it get so bad.

In the end I would say no one is really to blame but Ron Dennis. He should have had both men controlled and been able to sort it out. He should have supported Fernando for the title (as a double world champ) and let Lewis play the supporting role as it was his first year.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:59:39 +0000

Shery – I don’t understand what your problem with it is? Hamilton’s attempt to pass Alonso at the start and Hamilton’s problem later on were two different things.

By: shery

shery — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:53:14 +0000

a totally biased article:)

will this change the fact that alonso is better than hamilton?

“Hamilton started second but Raikkonen and Alonso passed him at the start. Then Alonso delivered an exquisitely timed sucker punch, slowing a fraction early for Subida do Lago, sending Hamilton skidding off the track.”

i never heard someone saying this…

keith i liked this blog but this article has dissapointed me and its a huge turn off..

By: shery

shery — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:47:27 +0000

i would say it is nothing more than a totally biased article..
“Hamilton started second but Raikkonen and Alonso passed him at the start. Then Alonso delivered an exquisitely timed sucker punch, slowing a fraction early for Subida do Lago, sending Hamilton skidding off the track.”

i never heard of someone saying this…
pressing the limiter was the kiddish mistake from hamilton in the championship decider

By: roooster

roooster — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:09:14 +0000

I concur with the post above.

Pre Mnaco Lewis seems a really nice guy. Somehow at that he race, juz because he won at that track in junior classes doesnt mean he has the right to win at F1 level. Alonso took pole, fastest lap and won the race fair n square. Lewis can complain abt tripping over Webber during qualy but Webber clearly moved over, he cant expect people to stop in the middle of the hairpin, Webber had to find a spot and that was juz before the tunnel.After the race, Lewis moaned on and on about being no.2 and has the no.2 on his car and the Brits made a meal out of it and made Alonso look like a criminal. To me thats when the war started.

By: Raging Bull

Raging Bull — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:30:20 +0000

everyone is always saying that to win a championship that the driver needs to fit perfectly within the team and that having a strong driver team relationship is so vital…..you know what I am talking about….well Alonso had nothing like that this year…you know that as well….then would it not seem to far fetched to say that Alonso’s on track driving this year has been amazing. Well above that of Lewis and Kimi who in similar cars had very strong relationships with their teams. This year I have gained a great amount of respect for Alonso who a started out disliking. Sure he has caused to some degree his off track problems but look at it from his point of view….

You are a two time world champion having decrowned MS. you sign a deal to go to Mclaren, your boyhood dream team. but when you get to this English team they have just taken the risky move of signing on a rookie, an English rookie who has a strong relationship with the team already and RD. now, rather than getting no. 1 status that a two time world champ and only champ on the grid deserves, you find your self getting second best treatment (lets not kid our self) from day one. Of course all the focus is going to be on the new English kid who is under a lot of pressure to perform in one of the top teams…

I think you get the picture now… the way Alonso has been treated this year has been a joke. If that was me going into the team then a would be so ****** off it would be hard to concentrate just on driving. RD has thrown away two world championships this year. Lewis in the end has made some huge rookie mistakes…throwing away the championship that was seemingly in the bag..Itâ€™s just odd that all the major mistakes came at the end of the season (Australia had a few little ones when I watched it again the other day) china was a big stupid error on his part. The condition of the tires is irrelevant. He came in way to fast, forgetting that the pit lane was not the drying track that he was coming off. Thank god they couldn’t push him because the way he got a lift earlier in the season from the tractor was a joke after senna lost a world title for a lot less. Brazil… well he was a real rookie at the start and then did he press that button? It sure as hell looks like it in the vid, I just can’t figure out what his finger was doing there mid corner. Who does adjustments mid corner rather than on the straight? Really, who?

Now I don’t want anyone to get me wrong, I am not a Lewis hater. I started out really likeing the guy and I think he will probably be the best talent in f1 for some time to come, but I do dislike his father a lot and I just don’t think he deserved to win the title in his rookie year, he is just to immature to me at the moment( in Monaco he got hot headed and disobeyed team orders and went after Alonso who really had his measure on that track. and other stuff like his driving behind the safety car and other comments) I just think that he takes it all for granted and I would like to see him do some tough time before he wins that title. Get some respect for being in a fast car.

Well thatâ€™s just by 2 cents anyway

By: Sri

Sri — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:51:17 +0000

Fair’s fair mate. Yes, i’d agree that Macca could have blown an engine here or there, for that matter everywhere. That, however, would have had gotten them reprimanded by the FIA. FIA, fearing the same, after Hungary, had an independent steward watching over Macca, which(Macca) may or may not have conspired(to blow Alonso’s car up).

Besides, there’s not much to do mate, if one wanted to conk of an F1 car. Modern electronics are so sophisticated, they could alter any thing on the car and not many could tell. Which could make a car faster or slower. All am saying is… Hamilton is fast, is fact that is acceptable. Faster than Alonso by 6 tenths of a second, over 3 gp weekends… questionable!

What worries me, is the fact, that most journalists have written Alonso off. Now, he is a double champion. It is the same bunch(of nitwit journos), who cheered him on when fighting Schumi. Can he become so slow in a season? Can he lose his drive, desire, need, that insatiable urge to win, in less than a season? NO! I think not.

Macca has a history of screwing drivers up. Let’s not forget that my friend. DC, Montoya and Prost amongst others.